, 1887-05-22

could see with half an eye she doesn't caro-
a rap for him' Obi but ] say" he NUT
tered, II cannot stop here; I shall be hear
Ing what they say next minute"
Leaving a message that a N appointment
unfortunately prevented his waiting any
longer just then, but he hoped for the
pleasure Of seeing Miss Carmichael later
In the day, Lord Liscarrol left the house.
Ten minutes later, stopping to look at
a jewelers. window, a gentleman on leav-
Ing the shop brushed past him. 1t wa
Hasselrig.
"HullO, Haselrig, old fellow, how come
you to be in town."
why, Liscarrol, is that youin
The two young men shook hands vigor-
ously.
(Which way are you going' To the
clubi That's right, so am i: come along;''
and the unconscious rivals walked slowly
side by side dow Pail Mall. Haselrig
told OF his accession of fortune, then added,
with n conscious laugh:
Fact is, I'm tired of single blessedness,
and am going to try matrimony for a
change"
Congratulate You most heartily, my
dear fellow" Lord Liscarrol's own hap
piness rendered him very sympathetic.
"Do l know the LADY,"
81 dare say you do; for she goes out a
lot, and though her people are not exactly
all one could wish, Dora herself Is a dar-
hngi'
20, called Dora, is she'' quoted his
friend, amused at the coincidence, Pretty
name, Dora; my ~favorite, l think Have
you known her long, or Is it q recent
AFFAIR.""
'I've known her two or three years, but
money stood In the way at the time, so I
went to India to wait for better days.
C'Knew there was a woman ut the bottom
OF that sudden rush to the shiny" mentally
calculated his lordship). But when my
uncle left me .Cleveleigh, 1 came back
sharp. Her people don't know yet, for her
father wants her to marry a man called
LOrimer."
Called whati' exclaimed Lord Lis
carroll.
"Lorimer. Do you know HIM"
Know himI' echoSd the other. "To
be snre 1 do; q west countryman."
Eyes, that's the fellow. An awful cub,
l believe; but lots of money, and no end
Of a place in the west; 50 old Car
michael'-
Here, 1 say, hold on a bit, I'm getting
mixed! What's the young lady's manner
Surely not Dora Carinichaelir
"To he sure 1t Is. Do you know her,
Them
~ should think sol But look here, are
you sure there is no mistaken"
81 say, Iiscarrol, it's rather early In
the day to be Ill this, " remarked Ilasel-
rig, astonished at his companions excite
ment. Hang 1t, man, q jokes a joke,
but 10 be like this at this time of day Is
rather'i-
"No, I'm not drunk, Haselrig, nor mad
either, though you are enough TO drive me
sol What do you mean about Miss Car
michaelt'
why, she's the girl I'm engaged to, to
be surei See, here's her likeness" aad
so saying he rapidly unfastened II locket
from his watch, and held 1t out open to
his companion.
There was no mistake; 1t decidedly was
Dora Carmichael's likeness. By this time,
luckily for both, they had reached their
club, and they turned into the waiting
ROOM, which at that time of the dny YVES
vacant.
Eyes, 1t is Dora, certainly" said Lord
Liscarrol slowly. 'Confound heri''
Lord Liscarrolr"
20, don't 90 into heroics, mani Look
here" and In n moment he produced a
daintily embroidered letter case from his
breast pocket, and, taking out n photo
graph and several letters, flung them
down before the astonished soldier.
Look at thati Read those!"
Haselrig picked them up gingerly. One
look was enough. The photograph he
knew only too well, he had the duplicate
Of 1t; and II the letters Mt this moment
lying on his breast were not exactly and
literally the same, the signature, your
own loving Dora" was identical in both.
"But what does 1t meant" he asked,
stupefed.
''Mean" laughed IAscarrol, bitterly;
'lies, to be surel How long nave you
been engaged, HaselrigF'
"Since before l went to India"
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men stood looking blnnkly at each other.
That afternoon, having received the
message Lord Liscarrol left with the but
Ter, Miss Carmichael waited impatiently
for the young a About o O'Clock a
mall parcel brought by q commissionnaire
was given to her, and on opening 1t there
dropped out a locket, two packets of let
ters and several photographs, together
with a slip of paper, on which was writ
ten:
Returned with thanks-Liscarrol,
BERTHE Haselrig."
There was no m%istaking the signatures.
She had had a stormy scene with Lori
mer, who had entirely refused to take his
congo quietly, md had forced her to listen
10 some uncommonly plain speaking be-
fore leaving, and she was thoroughly tired
out. When her maid, hearing n heavy
fall, rushed into her room, she found her
mistress on the floor, insensible. Luckily
for Miss Carmichael, 1t was sufficiently
near the end of the season to make her
sudden departure from town less OF a
nine days wonder than might otherwise
hnve been the case.
Long before she resumed her place in
London society Capt. Haselrig had re-
turned to India, and Lord Liscarrol had
tounda wife both richer and prettier than
Dora Carmichael. London World.